Selecting your art is one thing; hanging it can be quite another. Doing a good job of hanging a print or photo requires more than a hammer – you need a level. Not everyone has a carpenter’s level in their tool stash. Your smartphone can come to the rescue. Both iPhones and Androids have apps to help you level that picture and make your home office look attractive and professional.

iPhones have a built-in level app that is hidden behind the compass app.

Tap on the Compass icon on your iPhone screen

Calibrate your compass by tilting and rotating your iPhone.

Left slide the compass and reveal the level app.

The level app has two functions: horizontal and vertical levels. The horizontal level displays two white circles on a black background, plus a digital read-out. Tilt the phone until the circles align on top of each other. When the iPhone is perfectly level it will display a “0” and the background will turn from black to green.

Use this iPhone app to make sure you hang your home office artwork on the level.

The vertical level – which is what you would use for hanging a picture shows a white bar above a black area – like a traditional level. When it is perfectly level it reads out “0” and the black background turns green.

This is so much easier than eyeballing a spirit level. But the downside for perfectionists is the digital read-out. Is there really that much difference between a digitally measured level of “0” (zero) and 3%?